Haven't we all heard it one time or another, when the lectionary calls for the infamous reading from 1 Corinthians?
"Avoid immortality."
"Our bodies are not made for immortality."
The last time I heard it, the priest made sure to correct the error during his homily. Tonight? Nothing. The priest was probably not listening, and was thinking instead about golf, the initial subject of his homily.
At the non-Catholic parish where I play, the following text was used:
"The body is meant not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body."
"Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the fornicator sins against the body itself."
Clearer? I think so.
I winced every time he said immortality. he did say immoral instead of immortal, but... come on. Seriously??
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